Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo, LLP

Focus and practice areas

Twomey Latham works across roughly 20 practice areas from the East End of Long Island, New York. The firm describes its work as full-service. In practice that covers business and corporate law, real estate, land use and zoning, wills, trusts and estates, estate litigation, personal injury, divorce and family law, elder law, environmental law, and construction law.

That mix reads as regional. Real estate, land use and estate matters all track the property and family concerns of people who live and own land in Suffolk County. A single client might come in for a house closing one year and a will the next. In my opinion, the breadth suits people who want one firm to handle more than one kind of matter over the years.

Four of those areas match our own categories: business law, environmental law, family law and estate planning. Those four give a fair picture of where much of the firm's work sits. Elder law and personal injury also sit on the published list, so the range runs past those four.

Offices and team

The firm runs from five offices in Suffolk County: Riverhead, East Hampton, Hauppauge, Southampton and Southold. Riverhead is where the firm began in 1973 and remains its main base. Four of the five offices sit on the East End itself, while the Hauppauge office reaches further west in the county.

Riverhead and Southold sit on the North Fork. East Hampton and Southampton sit on the South Fork, the stretch that includes the Hamptons. That spread lets the firm meet clients close to the towns where their property and estate questions come up.

Size and staff

The site puts the staff at 65 people and 30 attorneys.Twomey Latham describes itself as a law firm on the East End of Long Island. Five locations give clients more than one place to meet within a single county.

Thirty attorneys across roughly 20 practice areas points to a firm built in practice groups, with attorneys grouped by the kind of work they do. A staff of 65 adds paralegals and support behind those attorneys. That scale is part of how the firm can list business, real estate, environmental, family and estate work under one roof.

Depth like this tends to help when a client's matter crosses areas. A property dispute can touch land use and litigation at once. A death can bring estate planning, estate litigation and elder law into the same file.

A history in land and environment

Two items from the firm's history stand out. Twomey Latham helped launch Suffolk County's farmland preservation program. The firm also took part in opposition to proposed nuclear power plants at Shoreham and Jamesport, both prominent issues on Long Island in their day.

These are public matters with long timelines and many parties. Farmland preservation in Suffolk County involves county government, landowners and the purchase of development rights, a tool that keeps working farms in farming. Power plant siting runs through state regulators, environmental review and years of hearings.

As a reviewer, I read this history as evidence the firm has handled work that reaches past a single client's file. Cases like these touch public policy and take patience. They also line up with the environmental and land use practice the firm still names today.

The people the site names

Tom Twomey (1945 to 2014) founded the firm and was its senior partner. His name still opens the legal title, Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo, LLP. The firm carries that founding into its current work more than five decades on.

Two current attorneys appear in the firm's recent news items. Bryan Drago is a partner. In June 2026 he presented the firm's annual Community Service Scholarship to a Mattituck High School senior.

Christina Russo is an attorney with the firm. She is Vice Chair of the Alzheimer's Association Long Island Chapter Board of Directors. She earlier co-chaired the Yaphank Walk to End Alzheimer's event.

Community involvement

Both mentions point to local work in the towns where the firm operates. A scholarship and a nonprofit board seat are modest markers, still, they show where the firm puts its name off the clock. In my opinion, that local presence fits a firm that has stayed in Riverhead since 1973.

What the main practice areas involve

The four areas that anchor the firm's listing each follow their own path. A short sketch of each helps a reader set expectations before a first meeting.

Business and corporate matters cover forming a company, drafting and reviewing contracts, and handling the sale or purchase of a business. Much of this work happens on paper and in negotiation, well before any dispute reaches a court. Timing and clear drafting tend to matter most here, and a regional firm often knows the local banks, brokers and other parties a deal runs through.

Environmental and land use work often runs through town planning boards, zoning boards and state agencies. Hearings, site plans and permits shape the outcome. Knowledge of a specific town and its rules carries real weight in these matters.

Family and estate matters

Family and divorce cases move through the county's matrimonial courts, where a judge can decide custody, child support and the division of marital property. Estate planning covers wills and trusts drawn up while a client is living. Estate litigation begins when a will or an estate is contested after a death, and much of it plays out in Surrogate's Court.

A regional practice

Twomey Latham is a Suffolk County firm based in Riverhead since 1973, with roughly 20 practice areas and 30 attorneys among a staff of 65. It works from five offices across the county and keeps a Facebook page for firm news. The named history in farmland preservation and nuclear plant opposition sits alongside everyday work in real estate, estates and family law.

The firm's founding year, its five offices, its practice list and its long presence on the East End are the facts a reader can check. The site currently names Bryan Drago and Christina Russo among its attorneys.